Smaller wealth management firms at risk as M&A deals reach eight-year high
Mergers and acquisitions among wealth management firms, especially those with less than £5bn in AUM, are set to increase and could even beat the record number of transactions witnessed in 2015, as a tougher regulatory backdrop and Brexit uncertainty exert fresh pressures on the sector.
There were 124 M&A deals between wealth management firms in 2015, a fresh high during the eight years of tracking by Scorpio Partnership. More than one-third of these deals - 41% - involved UK-based...
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